Glaucias of Taulanti

Glaucias of Taulanti (died 295 BC) was King of the Taulantii of Illyria from 335 to 295 BC, succeeding Pleuratus I of Taulanti and preceding Bardyllis II of Taulanti.

Biography
Glaucias of Taulanti was the son of Pleuratus I of Taulanti, and he fought against Philip II of Macedon and Alexander the Great during Macedon's campaigns against Illyria. In 335 BC, Glaucias and Cleitus of Dardania fought against Alexander's army at the Siege of Pelium, and Alexander was distracted from fully conquering Taulantii by a revolt in Thebes. In 317 BC, he allowed for Pyrrhus of Epirus to take refuge in his lands after his family was deposed, and he raised the young boy as his own son. Glaucias restored Pyrrhus to the throne in 306 BC after a year-long invasion; he had also conquered Epidamnus. He died in 295 BC, and Pyrrhus and Bardyllis II of Taulanti divided his realm between them.